SEBASTIAN DZAISU & 92 ORS V. GHANA BREWERIES LTD.

JUDGMENT

SOPHIA ADINYIRA (MRS.), J.S.C.: The Plaintiffs/Appellants (hereinafter called the appellants) were employed as casual workers by Ghana Breweries Ltd, the Defendant/Respondent (hereinafter called the Respondent), in various periods ranging between the years 1993 to April 2003. The appellants claimed they did the same work as the permanent workers and yet were denied all other benefits and allowances, which the Respondent made available to the regular or permanent workers under a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Some of these benefits were particularised in Paragraph 5 of the statement of claim to include: overtime, night allowance, annual leave, back pay and participation in credit and trade unions. According to the appellants they made several petitions to the respondent to upgrade and make them permanent employees without success. They also wrote to the Labour Office for help but to no avail, so they instituted this action before the High Court (Fast Track Division) Acc…